Olympics | China power into tennis mixed doubles final for 1st time in history (updated)


PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese pair Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen made history after coming from behind to beat Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands to reach the Paris Olympics tennis mixed doubles final on Thursday.

The Netherlands pair collected the first set 6-2 in 37 minutes, while Wang and Zhang took back the second set 6-4. In the deciding set, China took the tie-breaker and scored 10 points first against their opponents' four.

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